The Two Lone Swordsmen are British house DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood. Formed in early 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's influential Sabres of Paradise techno act, the Swordsmen have explored a variety of styles, from electro to post punk to IDM. Originally they released material on the label Emissions Audio Output, which Weatherall ran. However, the small nature of the operation limited the duo's success and they have since signed to Warp Records, making them labelmates with acts such as Squarepusher, Autechre and Boards of Canada. The Swordsmen's latest album is 2004's From the Double Gone Chapel, which exhibits more of a rock sound than their previous work. It was released with the single "Sex Beat", a cover of the popular Gun Club song. House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Andrew Weatherall (b. ... An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. ... Electro is either a) a prefix used to indicate a relationship to electricity, as in electro-mechanical, or electro-magnet, or b) a stand-alone word. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial UK punk rock explosion, roughly spanning 1978-1982. ... IDM, short for intelligent dance music, is an electronic music genre which began as a style of techno in the early 1990s and moved on to include the textures and sound manipulation methods of Musique concrète and early, true industrial bands such as Coil and Nurse With Wound. ... Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... Tom Jenkinson a. ... Autechre are an English electronic music group. ... Boards of Canada is a Scottish electronic music duo comprised of Michael Sandison (b. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gun Club were a rock band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by the flamboyant singer, ex-rock critic Jeffrey Lee Pierce. ...

Discography

Albums

• The Fifth Mission (Return to Flightpath Estate) (1996)
• Stockwell Steppas (1997)
• Stay Down (1998)
• A Virus With Shoes (1999)
• Tiny Reminders (2000)
• From the Double Gone Chapel (2004)

External links

• Official website